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Lazaretto: How Philadelphia Used an Unpopular Quarantine Based on Disputed Science to Accommodate Immigrants and Prevent Epidemic

Lazaretto: How Philadelphia Used an Unpopular Quarantine Based on Disputed Science to Accommodate Immigrants and Prevent Epidemic

Barnes, David

Hardcover

Medical ReferenceImmigration & Refugees

ISBN10: 1421446448
ISBN13: 9781421446448
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: Apr 18 2023
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.25
Height: 1.70 Width: 6.20 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

How the controversial practice of quarantine saved nineteenth-century Philadelphia after a series of deadly epidemics.

In the 1790s, four devastating yellow fever epidemics threatened the survival of Philadelphia, the nation's capital and largest city. In response, the city built a new quarantine station called the Lazaretto downriver from its port. From 1801 to 1895, a strict quarantine was enforced there to protect the city against yellow fever, cholera, typhus, and other diseases. At the time, the science behind quarantine was hotly contested, and the Board of Health in Philadelphia was plagued by internal conflicts and political resistance. In Lazaretto, David Barnes tells the story of how a blend of pragmatism, improvisation, and humane care succeeded in treating seemingly incurable diseases and preventing further outbreaks.

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